Table 6.1b – Main Heating System By Dwelling Type
Number of households by type of dwelling | ||||||||||||
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Single detached houses | Double / Row or Terrace / Duplex | Low-rise apartments | High-rise apartments | Mobile homes | Don’t know / Not stated | |||||||
Dwelling with a central heating unit or heating unit used by their household only | ||||||||||||
Dwelling unit | 8,933,259 | A | 1,897,835 | A | 1,348,437 | A | 738,833 | A | 161,709 | A | 477,455 | A |
Central unit | - | - | - | U | 385,579 | A | 543,055 | A | - | - | - | U |
Don’t know | - | - | - | U | 105,281 | M | 157,108 | M | - | U | - | U |
Not stated | - | - | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Main energy source used for heating | ||||||||||||
Electricity | 1,966,376 | A | 690,287 | A | 1,076,092 | A | 697,916 | A | 54,125 | M | 208,143 | M |
Natural gas | 4,751,571 | A | 991,487 | A | 300,251 | A | 248,593 | M | 55,786 | M | 191,856 | M |
Heating oil | 354,309 | A | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Wood | 410,267 | A | - | U | - | U | - | - | - | U | - | U |
Propane | 193,646 | A | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Other | 39,774 | M | - | U | - | U | 118,954 | M | - | U | - | U |
Dual source | 555,323 | A | 132,580 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Don’t know | 142,233 | A | - | U | 138,356 | M | 158,577 | M | - | U | - | U |
Not stated | 519,761 | A | 53,974 | M | 156,808 | M | 199,128 | M | - | U | - | U |
Type of main heating equipment | ||||||||||||
Furnace | 6,024,820 | A | 1,182,465 | A | 158,286 | M | 330,170 | M | 97,006 | M | 247,110 | M |
Boiler | 466,115 | A | - | U | 428,102 | A | 370,680 | M | - | U | - | U |
Heating stove (burning wood, pellets, corn, coal …) | 431,724 | A | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Electric radiant heating | 118,229 | A | - | U | 154,127 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Electric baseboards | 1,215,470 | A | 526,703 | A | 977,931 | A | 531,045 | M | - | U | 190,385 | M |
Gas fireplace | 67,653 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Heat pump | 515,121 | A | 42,521 | M | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Other | 94,127 | M | - | - | - | U | - | U | - | U | - | U |
Don’t know | - | - | - | - | - | U | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Legend:
The letter beside each estimate classifies its quality as follows: A–Acceptable, M–Use with caution, U–Too unreliable to be published.
Source:2019 Survey of Household Energy Use